Video 4 - How To Install WordPress

by Gideon Shalwick on January 23, 2008 · 104 comments

In this episode, discover how you can install the WordPress platform for your new blog! It’s free and it’s very easy to use once you’ve installed it. Watch this easy to follow video to find out just how easy it can be.

Talk soon!

Gideon Shalwick

Tagged as: blog, blogger, blogging, wordpress

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Klaus June 25, 2009 at 3:47 am: Thanks for the reassurance.
I have been running my engineering design business in various locations with a laptop for quite a few years.
With PDF I don’t even need a printer and haven’t bought any paper in years.
The clients don’t need to know where I happen to be. They get the plans and I get the money. It’s enjoyably convenient.
Came across quite a few people, doing the same, in my travels.

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Great!

Sounds like you’re the perfect person to be blogging

All the best!

Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger

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stephen July 6, 2009 at 11:24 am: wordpress.org doesnot give access to version 2.6.3. They are currently on version 2.8. Going through their support process I find 2.5 and 2.7. I left a support inquiry for access to 2.6.3 last week but have had no response.

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
July 6th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Hey Stephen

I’m not sure whether you are looking in the right place. I just went to have a look as per my instructions inside the video, and found that the link to 2.6.3 is still there.

For your convenience, here is the direct link to it:

http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.6.3.zip

All the best!

Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger

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V July 8, 2009 at 7:22 pm: Hi Gideon
Videos are great thank you. Was just wondering is there any reason you do not use Fantastico Deluxe in your hostgator cpanel to install wordpress. I am new to blogging but have built many websites and niche site and a lot of people recommend Fantastico so just wondering if there was a particular reason you don’t. Before I get started…
Many Thanks
V

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Hey V

We’re recommending version 2.6.3 for a number of reasons. One main reason is because we wanted everyone to be “on the same page” as they go through the Become A Blogger Premium course. Teaching more than one version at the same time is simply not feasibly. Towards the end of the course though, we show everyone to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress.

So, yes, the Fantastico Delux method is very easy to use, but it can only install the latest version of WordPress, which is not always the best choice (eg a lot of bugs in the latest versions), and it will then mean we have people using multiple versions of WordPress inside the course - and as you can imagine, this will just be too confusing for people.

But if you are technically able, you should be able to figure out the differences between the version that we teach and the latest version.

All the best!

Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger

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Sylvia Booker August 22, 2009 at 6:11 pm: Hi Gideon and Yaro,

Just wanted to let u know I’m working my way through the videos on how to become a blogger.I can say that i’m actually enjoying learning how to blog and how to do it successfully! Im on video# 5, so that means I have discovered my passion, have chosen my domain name , have a web host, and have successfully installed WordPress. Whew! This is great! It’s going a little slow because I have to do it in between working a job, but it’s ok because I didn’t find you guys overnight, so I’m in a hurry but I’m not rushing it. I’m going step by step, and I’ll keep you posted.God bless you both and your families.Much continued success!

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Hey Sylvia

That’s amazing news! Congratulations for taking action.

You are now further ahead than 80% of people who learn about blogging, but just taking simple action!

This could be a sign of great things to come for you!

Talk soon!

Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger

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Rich Williams August 25, 2009 at 5:51 am: Hi Gideon,

I am following your videos step by step (they are very good) but cant find the video about unzipping the wordpress file 2.6.3 can you advise me please.

I had truoble downloading it and I noticed that my file is only 512KB and in the video yours is 1.44MB so what do you suggest I try as each time I download it it seems to be a different size??? Maybe this is why it wont let me unzip it or create an archive folder?

Please help!

Thanks Rich

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 2:20 am
Hey Rich

Try this video here:

http://www.becomeablogger.com/blog/how-to-unzip-files/

Also if you are still stuck, just get Joel from http://www.BlogTechguy.com to help you out.

All the best!

Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger

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Joy September 18, 2009 at 5:45 pm: Thank you so much for the become a blogger. I just went through the first 5 videos . I could not have done it without all of your help. I will keep going but not sure whats next. I am so excited to finish

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Richard September 20, 2009 at 6:27 am: Would need to view this and the next video again

Lots and lots of valuable golden nuggets not to be missed

Time to give my brain a charge up before I start the next video

Thanks again guys for such professionalism

Richard

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Richard October 1, 2009 at 3:27 am: I have followed all the steps

downloaded the wordpress file 2.6.3
selected all files and folders and uploaded to my server
went to internet browser and in the address bar typed in
http://www.bloggerlifebalancecoach.com/wp-admin/onstall.php
I did not get the wordpress installation page
need your help as I want to move on quickly to the next videos
Regards Richard

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Hey Richard

By the looks if it you may have not been able to upload the config file correctly…

Have you double checked your details when you modified the config file? And have you made sure you’ve uploaded it to the right place?

If this does not help, please contact Joel at http://www.BlogTechGuy.com and he should be able to set things up for your very quickly (for a small fee).

All the best!

Gideon Shalwick

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bessy November 3, 2009 at 12:23 pm: Hi, Thanks for the easy to follow videos! I am having a problem though, when I go to the unzip wp, and try to rename, there is no rename on the list that comes up after I right click like it does on yours. What am I doing wrong? Thanks again!

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Hey Bessy

For technical help, I suggest you get in touch with Joel from http://www.BlogTechGuy.com - he should be able to help you out real easy.

Talk soon!

Gideon

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Suzie March 3, 2010 at 6:21 pm: just curious as to why you don’t suggest using fantastico

thanks

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Fantastico is cool, but it does not allow you to select which version of WP to install. And sometimes the latest version of WP is not always the best version… can be quite buggy sometimes.

Gideon

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Suzie March 8, 2010 at 9:43 pm: Thanks Gideon,

That was very informative, thanks to replying. So it is not always a good thing to just update when worpress puts a new version up

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Daren April 16, 2010 at 3:18 pm: Your videos are good but they get real complicated by the fourth one and then I think you’ll probably lose most people.
I use Yola because everything is so easy. Even the blog is instant to set up. God knows how someone who doesn’t know what a web host is will carry on through the fourth video. Anyway, Shabbat shalom

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piggy Reply:
April 18th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
this was the only videos that help me setup my first website. the only video i needed

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Akash April 30, 2010 at 9:27 pm: Hi, Thanks for the easy to follow videos!but i wanted to download them . though i right click on “Video 4 - How To Install WordPress’ but i could not see any option which directly download the video

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
May 9th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Hey Akash

We provide download links for all the videos inside our course here:

http://becomeablogger.com/signup

All the best!

Gideon

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Mona May 17, 2010 at 10:42 am: Yaro and Gideon, You guys are totally awesome! I appreciate these video’s!
I need them to keep me refreshed on how to do things as I am an older guy who needs to be reminded! One question I do have for either one of you is when added a second domain name….on wordpress…do you have to go through all the steps again? Or how do you go about this? Gosh if I know! Oh, Yaro I liked your blog about outsourcing! Very honest and to the point! Mona

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Hey Mona

You can actually create sub-domains on your server with Hostgator - pretty easy to do. And then, you can install your WP software into the right folder for the new site on your server.

We explain how to do this inside our members only forum area. For more information about becoming a member, please go here:

http://www.becomeablogger.com/signup

Gideon Shalwick

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Dorothy Ser June 10, 2010 at 12:46 pm: Thank you for making these videos so easy to follow. I feel so accomplished already, especially because I’m not a tech gal!

I’d like to make one suggestion: Having the times linked or posted along with the chapters/sections in each video would be very helpful. That way, if people missed something from the previous chapter (and I did many times!), it would be easy to find the section because it is mentioned with the time on the video (i.e. Section: How to download Wordpress Time: 14:37) I hope that makes sense.

Thanks again!

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Brian Sklar June 18, 2010 at 9:38 pm: I really enjoyed the first 3 videos. They were clear and concise and made absolute sense. Unfortunately this could not be said for video 4 and I got completely lost in this one. I take my time going through each one, printing off the pictures of the screen shots and taping them onto lined paper with explanatory notes. This allows me to follow each step exactly. I had 7 full pages of notes and wasn’t even half way through.video when none of what Yaro was doing made any sense. Why create anoher user when I thought that I was going to be the user?? As I said I got lost and gave up. I will try video 5 and see if it makes more sense.

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 20th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Hey Brian

I recommend you get in touch with Joel from http://www.blogtechguy.com who will be able to help you out with this. He is our #1 contact for this kinda stuff.

Best regards

Gideon Shalwick

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James July 4, 2010 at 10:16 am: Hello, Gideon,

Excellent Job! Your explanation is really smooth and clear! That is just what I am looking for! I hope you will produce more videos like this!

James in Vancouver

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Sarah July 15, 2010 at 10:53 pm: Hey Yaro and Gideon,

Well, I know what course I’ll be joining this summer…(:-)
Got you covered guys, seriously got you covered..!

I’m just taking time to absorb all the information and videos, follow the instructions before signing up for the premium plan.

My question to you is, can I use the latest version of Wordpress 3.0 - is it stable?

Also, I am supposed to be writing up my dissertation, how much time will I need to dedicate to the mastermind course and creating content.

I don’t really want to wait till the end of September before I go premium..(:-)
Pls let me know what you think guys..

Love love
Sarah Dee

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Gideon Shalwick Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Hey Sarah

To be honest, I have not tried out version 3.0 myself yet. But as with all major upgrades, there will always be some bugs.

So, my suggestion is that you wait a little longer until the next release, like 3.1 or something before upgrading. That will ensure some of the bugs get ironed out first.

Best regards

Gideon

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